Books with title Becoming

How do you reconcile duty with pleasure, especially when your life has been turned completely upside down?Bevin finally feels like her life is coming together after her parents' death. The new neighbor should be just a blip on her radar. Then the accidents start, an old lover returns, and most unwelcome of all, proof that she isn't even human. She's a changeling, the Queen of the Fae, and she doesn't like it at all.

Skye is the storm-tossed comic character out for revenge on the author who murdered his family.Jace is the math-loving #blerd trying to escape his father’s deadly legacy.When their worlds collide, Jace must choose between the real world he’s always hated, and the comic book world he’s always loved–and Skye must decide if killing his author will save his world, or damn his soul.LONG VERSION:*Inside each book is a chance to win $100**Choose between the gritty expanded text version, or the version WITH comics in the novel**2018 Screencraft Cinematic Book Competition Semi-Finalist, with award-winning audiobook narrators*Skye’s a comic book superhero with a gun in his hand and a gripe against his author. Every girl Skye’s ever dated is either dead or trying to take over the world, and in the series finale, Skye’s best friend kills him. Or so he thinks. The weapon meant to disintegrate Skye lands him in his author’s universe. With a shot at revenge.Skye, meet Jace. Jacen Howard’s a brilliant #blerd math whiz and comics aficionado–but at his West Baltimore high school that’s a bad thing, and if the bullying isn’t bad enough, Jace’s cop-father regularly pisses off the neighbors. Jace doesn’t see himself as a hero; he’s just trying to survive.Jace might be just the hero Skye needs.But Skye won’t open up when Jace tries to ease him out of PTSD, and the author’s still torturing his friends. As Skye’s mood swings and nightmares escalate, Jace realizes that if he doesn’t uncover his roommate’s real identity soon, Skye will hurt someone–and Skye’s still deciding if murder will save his world, or damn his soul.

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America-the first African American to serve in that role-she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare. In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her-from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it-in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations-and whose story inspires us to do the same.

Becoming Eli is the first graphic novel written and illustrated by Dan Ungureanu. The story is centered around Eli, a young female who lived for 23 years in orphanages and state institutions for young people with disabilities. The book presents Eli’s evolution from abandoned child to independent adult and disabilities’ rights advocate. Every chapter is based on the interview with Elisabeta Moldovan taken by the author following key moments of her life in a chronological order (first memories from primary school, moving from one institution to another, leaving the institution etc.). Eli is currently co-president of Ceva de Spus Association advocating for closing state institutions and community integration for people with disabilities. This graphic novel aims at raising awareness to the large public about isolation and disability and the difficulties people face in institutions. We therefore hope to draw more support for deinstitutionalisation. TELL ME THE TRUTH. TELL ME YOU DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. TELL ME YOU DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS ORPHANAGES AND ASYLUMS. OR TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE NEVER EVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE KEPT IN INSTITUTIONS. TELL ME THAT YOU ARE NOT VERY SURE WHAT TO THINK ABOUT THEM. TELL ME THAT MAYBE YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK TO THEM. THROW HEAVY WORDS AT ME – CALL ME HANDICAPPED, CALL ME RETARD – I’VE HEARD THESE WORDS SO MANY TIMES…BUT EVEN BETTER, CALL ME BY MY NAME. THIS IS ME. I AM BECOMING ELI.

You can’t run from darkness. Eventually, the sun has to set. Turning his back on the killer he was trained to be wasn’t as easy as Kalen Smith had hoped. They’d tried to run. They’d tried to hide. People had lost their lives. The wrong people. Now, driven by a thirst for revenge, Kalen and his team are preparing to take down those responsible. But vengeance comes at a price and Ronnie can feel the boy she fell in love with slipping away from her, as the darkness he’s been running from for so long threatens to consume him. With danger looming in every direction, the possibility of a happy-ever-after is looking bleak, but The Agency isn’t the only obstacle in the way of Ronnie and Kalen’s future. Ronnie’s harbouring a tragic secret that isn’t hers to keep and the truth could destroy not only their relationship, but what’s left of Kalen’s humanity. One way or another, everything is about to change...

Skye is the storm-tossed comic character out for revenge on the author who murdered his family.Jace is the math-loving #blerd trying to escape his father’s deadly legacy.When their worlds collide, Jace must choose between the real world he’s always hated, and the comic book world he’s always loved–and Skye must decide if killing his author will save his world, or damn his soul.LONG VERSION:*Inside each book is a chance to win $100**Choose between the gritty expanded text version, or the version WITH comics inside the novel**2018 Screencraft Cinematic Book Competition Semi-Finalist, with award-winning audiobook narrators*Skye’s a comic book superhero with a gun in his hand and a gripe against his author. Every girl Skye’s ever dated is either dead or trying to take over the world, and in the series finale, Skye’s best friend kills him. Or so he thinks. The weapon meant to disintegrate Skye lands him in his author’s universe. With a shot at revenge.Skye, meet Jace. Jacen Howard’s a brilliant #blerd math whiz and comics aficionado–but at his West Baltimore high school that’s a bad thing, and if the bullying isn’t bad enough, Jace’s cop-father regularly pisses off the neighbors. Jace doesn’t see himself as a hero; he’s just trying to survive.Jace might be just the hero Skye needs.But Skye won’t open up when Jace tries to ease him out of PTSD, and the author’s still torturing his friends. As Skye’s mood swings and nightmares escalate, Jace realizes that if he doesn’t uncover his roommate’s real identity soon, Skye will hurt someone–and Skye’s still deciding if murder will save his world, or damn his soul.

Can a Grim Reaper Survive Junior Year?As a Reaper, it is Mary’s duty to guide the dead to the afterlife. For the past 50 years, her assignment has been to retrieve souls in terrifying war zones. When a simple mission pushes Mary to her breaking point, she is banished to the mortal world. When everything she’s ever known about humanity is turned upside down, Mary is forced to leave her past behind and open her heart. She realizes that all Humans aren’t as terrible as she believed, but some are much worse than she ever imagined. For fans of Modern Monsters, this is a debut Young Adult Contemporary story that shines a light on the dark side of youth. BECOMING HUMAN is a full-length novel that tackles a number of teen issues such as dating, homosexuality, bullying, and depression from an outsider’s perspective.

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy: four sisters whose stories are forever imprinted in our hearts. But what if their stories had different endings? Reimagined by bestselling author Sophie McKenzie and told through the eyes of everybody's favourite sister, Becoming Jo perfectly captures the magic, exuberance and spirit of the original and much-loved book. On the 150th anniversary of its publication, Becoming Jo proves just how timeless the characters and themes found within Little Women really are.

Eva White is a normal 17 year old girl with body hang ups and a desire to get past second base. But as fate would have it, Eva's world is soon turned upside down after having her tarot cards read at the annual State Fair. Her destiny proves to be anything but normal. Death, heartbreak and a dangerous stalker looms in Eva's future - but also magic, transformation and a true love that knows no bounds.

Jeannie Fedorchak, the best runner on Perry High School's cross-country team, is determined to make her senior year her fastest one yet. The school begins, and she immediately encounters a handsomely transformed Jason Butler, an increasingly loathsome Brent Phillips, and a curiously sophisticated new world history teacher, who also happens to be her team's new coach.None of the challenges Jeannie faces, however, compares to the world history project that forces her to confront her Aunt Maria, the woman she believes stole her Grandma Sophia away from her. With few memories of the father she lost when she was five, Jeannie needs information only her grandmother can provide. But Grandma Sophia is gravely ill and time is their enemy. Jeannie will never be able to forgive her aunt if it is too late... Unless perhaps, she needs forgiveness herself.